Peter, I was a little better off: I probably decoded 30% in the first pass, but I've been talking to N4HY about the P4 stuff for a year or more. We need to encourage him to make a pass through the OU area (he's at VaTech now) and spend an evening presenting to a club meeting... and maybe open said club meeting up to other area clube (Rm 1350?)... P4 has some interesting partnerships. Also, there's an ESA/AMSAT-Eu DVS-B2 platform at least theoretically situated on ISS. I've not seen any indications it's ever been fired up, though. 73 gerry On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 10:29 PM, Flamig, Zachary L. <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > oooh cool. Thank you for sharing Peter! > > Zac > > > On Jan 31, 2016, at 9:17 AM, Peter Laws <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > If you are into SDRs and modulation and information encoding and > > satellites, the first item is for you. I, myself, was able to recover > > about 10% of the information encoded in the article. :-D Also, an > > article about UFOs ... > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: E.Mike McCardel <[log in to unmask]> > > Date: Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 9:26 PM > > Subject: [ans] ANS-031 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > > > AMSAT NEWS SERVICE > > ANS-031 > > > > The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- > > mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite > > Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space > > including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur > > Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, > > launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio > > satellites. > > > > The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur > > Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. > > > > Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: > > ans-editor at amsat.org. > > > > In this edition: > > > > * Weekly engineering report for Phase 4 radio project from AMSAT > > * Write About Satellites, Space and Radio! > > * UFO Researcher To Launch CubeSat To Search For E.T. Close To Home > > * Pair of Satellites ejected from ISS for In-Space Navigation Exercise > > * LilacSat-2 FM Transponder > > * 6W8CK on Satellite > > * IARU Paper: APRS Harmonization and removal of OSCAR sub-band > > * ISS Orbit Boosted Ahead of March Crew Swap - Check Your Elements > > * ARISS News > > * Satellite Shorts From All Over > > > > > > SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-031.01 > > ANS-031 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins > > > > AMSAT News Service Bulletin 031.01 > > From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. > > [MONTH DAY, YEAR] > > To All RADIO AMATEURS > > BID: $ANS-031.01 > > > > > > Weekly engineering report for Phase 4 radio project from AMSAT > > > > The Phase 4 Ground weekly report focuses on the current modulation > > schemes. We're looking at DVB-S2X to receive, and OQPSK to transmit. > > > > Repository for documents and software can be found: > > https://github.com/phase4ground > > > > We have nearly 50 volunteers on the mailing list and activity across > > the country. We're working hard to make a wonderful radio for AMSAT > > and terrestrial microwave, and we appreciate your support, feedback, > > comments, and critique. > > > > DVB-S2 stands for Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite - Second > > Generation. There is a recent extension to this standard, called DVB- > > S2X, that has very low SNR capabilities and a lot of other goodies. > > The geo project, ascent, and eventually the high earth orbit project, > > are expected to transmit using DVB-S2X. This is the foundation of our > > common air interface. > > > > DVB-S2X specifies the modulation and coding for our received signal. > > There are five major landmarks. > > One, an input stream adapter. Input streams can be packetized or > > continuous, from single or multiple sources. This is helpful! > > > > Two, forward error correction. Our type is low density parity check > > codes concatenated with BCH codes. What does this mean? > > > > A concatenated code is one that combines two different coding > > schemes. In coding theory, there's a fundamental problem in that > > finding a really great code that has very low probability of error > > usually means that the block length has to go up, and the decoding is > > more and more complex. When you use two codes together that each have > > particular strengths, they balance each other out. You can get > > exponentially decreasing error probabilities, but you only have to > > pay a polynomially increasing cost in terms of code block length. > > This may seem complicated, but just remember concatenation is codes > > doing teamwork, and the standard that we're using is bad ass. > > Our inner low density parity check code can achieve extremely low > > error rates near channel capacity. This means, it's about as good as > > you can get. The outer BCH codes are used to correct sporadic errors > > made by the LDPC decoder, and to trick it out so that we don't have > > enormous block lengths and stuff like that. > > > > Three, we have a wide range of code rates. The code rate is > > expressed as a fraction. The top number is how many uncoded bits go > > in. The bottom number is how many coded bits come out. We have four > > constellations. This is the the type of transformation from bits to > > symbols. We have great choices here, and DVB-S2X provides additional > > choices. > > > > Four, there is a variety of spectral shaping available to us in DVB- > > S2. This is a really neat thing. You can change the pulse shape of a > > transmitted waveform in order to make it better suited for the radio > > environment it's expecting to be traveling through. Usually this > > means making it fit into a bandwidth better. You don't get something > > for nothing, though, so being too aggressive with the pulse shaping > > shows up in other aspects. Our particular shaping is different levels > > of raised-cosign filtering. DVB-S2X provides additional levels of > > shaping. > > > > Five, this standard lets us learn and develop with something very > > much like cognitive radio. As you can see, there are a lot of choices > > for coding and modulation. We can specify a fixed coding and > > modulation. This is called CCM for constant coding and modulation. In > > the past, people like us looked at a link, designed for the worst > > case solution, and used coding and modulation that would cover almost > > all the bases. DVB-S2 has CCM, but it also specifies something called > > variable coding and modulation, or VCM. The coding and modulation can > > be changed on a frame-by-frame basis in response to different station > > types or changes in the channel. In addition to that, there is > > something called adaptive coding and modulation, or ACM, where > > modulation and coding automagically adapts. This can happen on a > > frame by frame basis. > > > > DVB-S2 has things called annexes. In annex M, there's a > > specification for something we've already talked about wanting to do. > > We want to map the transmitted services or station streams into time > > slices and then recover information without having to demodulate the > > entire signal. > > > > DVB-S2 follows the usual flow of having input data coded up to > > remove unnecessary redundancy, which is called source coding, and > > then it is put into one of two different stream types. Because DVB-S2 > > is designed for MPEG streams, it has a lot of mechanisms for MPEG > > data types, and I believe that this is the transport stream path in > > the drawing. We aren't going to use MPEG, so we fall into the generic > > stream category. > > > > The functional blocks of DVB-S2 include these things in trapezoids. > > Mode adaptation, which starts to build up the data frames by > > constructing the right header to go with the data. Stream adaptation, > > which adds in the right amount of padding and scrambling. Forward > > error correction, which produces coded frames that are of one of two > > sizes. Mapping to constellations, which is the modulation. Finally, > > there is physical layer framing. An open question is how minimal of a > > station can be supported? Driving it down as low as possible is going > > to be fun and challenging. > > > > What we are anticipating is that the space teams will obtain an > > implementation of a DVB-S2X transmitter. Talks are already underway > > for this. Phase 4 ground is going to engineer the various DVB-S2X > > receivers. Standards documents are already in the repository and work > > is beginning. Get off the bench and hit the books! > > > > So let's talk a bit about some changes in the uplink for phase 4 > > radios. We were MSK, or minimum shift keying, but we are now OQPSK, > > or offset quadrature phase shift keying. That is what the payload > > team is currently designing for. > > > > Like MSK, Offset QPSK has no more than a 90 degree phase shift at a > > time. This is good. In order to create this, you begin with a QPSK > > signal, where you take two data bits at a time. These two binary data > > bits make four distinct values. Each of these values are mapped onto > > four transmit phase shifts. > > > > For offset QPSK, the odd and even bits coming into the modulator > > have a timing offset, of one bit period. Hence the name. That means > > the in-phase and quadrature signals, the I and the Q, never change at > > the same time. > > > > The power spectral density of QPSK and Offset QPSK is the same. The > > shift in time doesn't effect that. > > > > Uplink experiments are beginning. We started putting together Team > > HackRF, which will investigate the use of HackRF SDRs as one of the > > phase 4 radio recipes. Lots of other experiments to work out other > > recipes for amateurs to experiment need to happen too. If you have a > > set of hardware and you want to work in parallel, then speak up. The > > USRPs will get into the act ASAP, some people have BladeRFs, and so > > on. > > > > Review the weekly report at > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0CMv0pJHgY&feature=share > > > > [ANS thanks Michelle W5NYV for the above information] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Write About Satellites, Space and Radio! > > > > The AMSAT Journal is seeking interesting articles about amateur > > radio satellites, space and radio – topics that feed the passion of > > AMSAT members. Whether the focus is working the birds, new products, > > building a new piece of equipment or an entire station, writing > > software, training or doing demos, or anything else related to > > amateur radio in space, please consider sharing your experience and > > expertise with other AMSAT members by writing for the Journal. > > > > Desired article length (rough guidelines): > > Short articles – 800-1400 words > > Longer articles – 2000-2500 words > > > > Find out more about writer’s guidelines here. Photos, diagrams or > > other images always help illustrate your points or projects. > > > > If you are interested in seeing your byline in The AMSAT Journal and > > sharing what you’ve learned with other members, email us at > > [log in to unmask] > > > > [ANS thanks Joseph KB6IGK for the above information] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > UFO Researcher To Launch CubeSat To Search For E.T. Close To Home > > > > An engineer turned UFO researcher is hoping to launch a low-earth > > orbit CubeSat to search for evidence of extraterrestrial life. > > Canadian Dave Cote has assembled a seven-person team to design, fund, > > build and launch the project that he hopes will provide some answers > > about the origins of recent unidentified object sightings across the > > globe. > > > > “We have had astronauts, military personnel, police officers and the > > former Defence Minister of Canada come forward stating that > > extraterrestrial UFOs are real, and that we are being visited,” says > > Cote. “How can this be ignored and brushed off as nonsense?” > > Concerned that the public isn’t getting straight answers, the group > > has turned to crowdsourcing the project on Kickstarter. > > > > Measuring roughly the size of a shoebox, CubeSats can pack a lot of > > science equipment into a small space. They have also made satellite > > deployment much more affordable, in some cases costing less than the > > price of a lower-end automobile. Sites like CubeSatShop.com have > > taken much of the complexity out of ordering needed components. > > > > Cote says they’re a “go for launch” already but are looking for more > > funding so they can pack it with as much science equipment as > > possible. They aim to include image, infrared, electromagnetic, and > > radiation sensors. This would give them the capability of not only > > verifying visual data, but also correlating it with other events such > > as electromagnetic and radioactive fluctuations. > > > > The team plans to measure ionized radiation with a scintillation > > counter and two cameras will capture a near 360-degree view around > > the CubeSat. They plan to remove the infrared filters on the cameras > > to cover more of the visual range. > > > > Cote hopes to use amateur radio frequencies to transmit the data > > back to earth and a worldwide network of ham volunteers to receive it. > > > > “We are planning to use the ham frequencies to send data down from > > the CubeSat to earth in hex or datafax protocol,” says Cote. “From > > what we understand, we should be able to send a 100kB packet every > > few minutes and this will enable us to send image thumbnails from > > space, along with some basic EM data.” > > > > While the details of the transmissions have yet to be determined, > > Cote hopes to assemble a worldwide team of hams willing to receive > > and log whatever data the satellite captures. > > > > “We need help from the ham community, in capturing the data and > > relaying it to our site,” he says. “There will be a 15-minute window > > for download from the CubeSat, and then another volunteer would be > > needed for the next 15-minute time window.” > > > > Cote is cautiously optimistic that the satellite will provide > > corroboration of UFO reports from eyewitnesses on Earth. But even if > > the satellite doesn’t capture evidence of faraway visitors, he’s > > hopeful that it will record interesting natural phenomenon like > > meteors and solar flares. > > > > “We can only hope that those who would like to know the truth will > > step forward and help,” he says. > > > > To learn more about the project or to volunteer, visit their > > KickStarter page. > > https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1889966504/cubesat-for-disclosure > > > > [ANS thanks Matt W1MST and AmateurRadio.com for the above information] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Pair of Satellites ejected from ISS for In-Space Navigation Exercise > > > > A package of two satellites was ejected from the International Space > > Station on Friday to begin a mission dedicated to a demonstration of > > autonomous navigation, rendezvous and docking technology. The second > > LONESTAR mission is comprised of two satellites built by two American > > Universities to undertake a demonstration of communication cross > > links, data exchange, GPS-based navigation, relative navigation, > > stationkeeping and data transmission to the ground. > > > > LONESTAR stands for "Low Earth Orbiting Navigation Experiment for > > Spacecraft Testing Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking" and includes > > four missions flown over a period of years in a cost-effective > > technology development program with the goal of mastering autonomous > > rendezvous and docking. The second LONESTAR mission consists of the > > AggieSat4 satellite built at Texas A&M and BEVO-2 built by students > > at the University of Texas. The smaller BEVO-2 satellite is > > facilitated within a deployer on the AggieSat4 spacecraft to be > > released once the two have flown well clear of the International > > Space Station. > > > > The two satellites, already packaged, were sent to the Space Station > > aboard the Cygnus OA-4 mission. Launching satellites to ISS for > > deployment has the advantage of allowing the satellites to be > > launched well-packaged to avoid damage and providing the opportunity > > of an inspection in space to check for any damage encountered during > > launch before committing them to flight. > > > > Given the size of the AggieSat4 satellite, the deployment conducted > > on Friday made use of the SSIKLOPS deployment mechanism, going by the > > full name "Space Station Integrated Kinetic Launcher for Orbital > > Payload Systems." SSIKLOPS can be used to deploy larger satellites of > > different shapes up to a mass of 110 Kilograms. It is a flat > > structure that includes grapple fixtures for the robotic arms of the > > Space Station and a single grapple fixture for the satellite that is > > to be deployed. The fixture includes clamps and springs for the > > deployment of the satellite. Overall, the structure is 127 by 61 by > > 7.6 centimeters in size. It also includes interfaces for the slide > > table of the JEM Airlock. > > > > SSIKLOPS first saw action in 2014 when deploying the SpinSat > > spacecraft and spent most of its time in storage aboard ISS, awaiting > > the deployment of future satellites. Final preparations for Friday's > > deployment were made on Wednesday when ISS Astronauts Scott Kelly and > > Tim Peake installed the SSIKLOPS deployer on the Slide Table of the > > Kibo module's airlock followed by the installation of the Small Fine > > Arm (SFA) Plate on the deployer and the attachment of the LONESTAR > > satellite package. The slide table was then retracted and the airlock > > sealed off for depressurization on Thursday. > > > > The outer hatch of the airlock was opened and a careful ground- > > controlled operation started to retrieve the SSIKLOPS deployer and > > hand it from the Small Fine Arm to the Japanese Robotic Arm that was > > then positioned for the deployment to ensure the satellite departed > > to the correct direction, ruling out any possibility of re-contact > > with ISS on subsequent orbits. Release was triggered just before > > 16:00 UTC on Friday and the LONESTAR package slowly floated away from > > ISS, embarking on its mission that will last as long as the > > satellites can remain in orbit, typically between six and twelve > > months. > > > > Drifting away from the Space Station, LONESTAR showed slight body > > rates on all three axes as it slowly faded into the distance. The > > Mission Team confirmed they were happy with the observed body rates > > and declared the deployment a success. Congratulations were exchanged > > between the different teams involved in the deployment - NASA's > > Mission Control, the JAXA Control Center in Japan, Payload > > Controllers in Huntsville and the payload's operators in Texas. > > > > The spacecraft was programmed to power-up automatically ten minutes > > after release, perform a health check and start transmitting > > telemetry. Acquisition of signal was expected later on Friday to > > begin a multi-day checkout campaign ahead of the satellite conducting > > its de-tumble maneuver to enter a three-axis stabilized attitude > > setting up for the deployment of BEVO-2. > > > > The AggieSat4 satellite, developed and manufactured at Texas A&M > > University, has a mass of approximately 55 Kilograms and measures 75 > > x 75 x 35 centimeters in size. The satellite hosts body-mounted solar > > panels for power generation and is equipped with a three-axis > > attitude determination and control system with an actuation accuracy > > of two degrees, making use of reaction wheels and magnetic torquers. > > The Electrical Power System hosts two battery packs delivering an > > operational voltage of 34 V and a capacity of 95 Watt-hours. > > > > AggieSat4 hosts two low-data-rate (LDR) radios, a high-data-rate > > (HDR) radio, a crosslink radio for short-range communication with the > > Bevo-2 satellite, and a DRAGON GPS Payload. > > > > AggieSat4 will be tasked with completing a number of mission > > objectives: demonstrating three-axis stabilization, the collection of > > GPS data, recording video of the release of BEVO-2 with a 2MP camera, > > computing and crosslinking relative navigation data based on relative > > GPS measurements and tracking BEVO-2 based on these navigation > > solutions. > > > > The 4.2-Kilogram BEVO-2 satellite uses the 3U CubeSat Form Factor, > > 10 x 10 x 34 centimeters, employing an ISIPOD for deployment from > > AggieSat4. The satellite features 24 solar cells installed on its > > external panels to deliver power to 6 batteries operating at a > > voltage of 7.4 V. > > > > BEVO-2 has four deployable radio antennas and GPS patch antennas. > > Attitude determination is accomplished with gyroscopes, > > magnetometers, a star tracker and sun sensor while attitude actuation > > employs reaction wheels and magnetic torquers. To connect with > > AggieSat4 for the exchange of navigation data, the spacecraft hosts a > > crosslink radio unit while communications with the ground make use of > > a UHF/VHF terminal for data downlink and command uplink. > > > > The satellite is outfitted with a cold gas thruster module holding > > 90 grams of Dupont R-236fa refrigerant stored at pressure to be > > released for maneuvers of the satellite for stationkeeping and > > rendezvous exercises with AggieSat4. > > > > As the second of four LONESTAR missions, AggieSat4 and BEVO-2 build > > on the success of the previous mission in 2009 as part of a program > > outlined to make successive progress towards the ultimate goal of > > achieving an autonomous rendezvous and docking of two satellites. The > > autonomy aspect of LONESTAR is of particular importance for future > > missions to distant targets where communication delays require > > spacecraft to act autonomously. > > > > [ANS thanks spaceflight101.com for the above information] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > LilacSat-2 FM Transponder > > > > Paul Stoetzer reports: > > "I have noticed that LilacSat-2's FM transponder has been on nearly > > continuously for the past four days They may be keeping it active > > continuously during the holiday period in China. > > > > It's worth checking out if you haven't worked it yet. It's got a > > good signal and can be easier to track than SO-50 because the carrier > > stays active for a period when not receiving signals. The downlink > > antenna also uses circular polarization, so there is less fading when > > using linear antennas than on SO-50. > > > > Uplink: 144.350 MHz FM (No PL) > > Downlink: 437.200 MHz FM > > > > Keep in mind that this uplink frequency is not within the normal > > 145.800 - 146.000 MHz satellite subband on two meters, though this > > frequency is within the 144.300 - 144.500 MHz "New OSCAR subband" in > > the ARRL band plan and is allocated to the Amateur Satellite Service > > (as is the entirety of 144 - 146 MHz). On passes over the United > > States, quite a few packet signals can be heard through the > > transponder. > > > > If you use LoTW, the satellite name to use when uploading QSOs is > > 'CAS-3H.' > > > > [ANS thanks Paul N8HM for the above information] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > 6W8CK on Satellite > > > > Conrad, 6W8CK, will be active on satellites from IK14 near Mbour, > > Senegal until mid-February. He does not wish to publish his private > > email, but is interested in skeds with North American stations who are > > in range. If you are interested in setting up a sked, please look up > > your mutual windows and email me. I will contact Conrad with a list of > > operators and mutual windows. > > > > He will try to be active on CW near 145.930 on AO-7 and 435.830 on > > FO-29 during the afternoons, but may also be available on late night / > > early morning passes for skeds. > > > > Conrad is using a Yaesu FT-736R and an Elk antenna mounted up 5 meter > > above ground. He does occasionally lose power, so keep this in mind if > > you do not hear him on a particular pass. > > > > QSL only via the DARC bureau to his home call, DF7OL. He may also > > return to Senegal from November 2016 - February 2017. > > > > [ANS thanks Paul, N8HM for the above information] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > IARU Paper: APRS Harmonization and removal of OSCAR sub-band > > > > IARU Region 1 has released the papers for the Interim Meeting to be > > held in Vienna April 15-17, 2016. > > > > Among the papers for the C5 VHF/UHF/Microwave Committee is one on > > harmonizing APRS. > > > > VIE16_C5_41_1.pdf – 144 /435 MHz APRS Harmonisation > > > > The paper covers global band planning considerations and among the > > recommendations says: > > > > Emphasise that spaceborne APRS must be confined to globally > > coordinated amateur satellite sub bands. Therefore items that are > > ambiguous and generate confusion in national band plans such as > > ‘Space communications’ and ‘New Oscar Sub band’ should be removed as > > soon as possible in all Regions in accordance with IARU-AC and > > Satellite Coordination guidance > > > > It is believed that ‘New Oscar Sub band’ refers to the USA’s ARRL > > 144 MHz band plan and ‘Space communications’ to the Australian WIA > > 144 MHz band plan. These band plans, as well as those for some other > > countries, show 144.300 – 144.500 MHz as being for Amateur Satellite > > use. > > > > Direct link for C5 VHF/UHF/Microwave Papers > > http://tinyurl.com/ANS031-Microwave > > > > Links for all committee papers and email addresses of Committee > > Chairs are at > > http://tinyurl.com/ANS031-IARU > > > > ARRL 144 MHz Band Plan http://www.arrl.org/band-plan > > > > WIA 144 MHz Band Plan http://tinyurl.com/ANS031-APRS > > > > [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ISS Orbit Boosted Ahead of March Crew Swap - Check Your Elements > > > > The International Space Station raised its orbit Wednesday afternoon > > before a pair of crews swap places and a cargo ship arrives in March. > > One-year crew members Scott Kelly of NASA and Mikhail Kornienko of > > Roscosmos are set to return home March 1 along with Russian cosmonaut > > Sergey Volkov. Then, Expedition 47 will begin and three new crew > > members will arrive March 19. New supplies are scheduled to be > > delivered to the crew March 31 aboard a Progress 63 cargo craft. > > > > The orbiting Expedition 46 crew was back at work Tuesday on a series > > of life science and physics experiments to benefit life on Earth and > > crews living in space. Commander Scott Kelly explored maximizing the > > effects of exercise in space while British astronaut Tim Peake > > studied how living in space affects using touch-based technologies, > > repairing sensitive equipment and a variety of other tasks. NASA > > astronaut Tim Kopra researched how materials burn in space. > > > > Two cosmonauts resized their Russian Orlan spacesuits today, checked > > them for leaks and set up hardware before next week’s maintenance > > spacewalk. Flight Engineers Sergey Volkov and Yuri Malenchenko will > > work outside Feb. 3 in their Orlan suits to install hardware and > > science experiments on the orbital lab’s Russian segment. > > > > [ANS thanks blogs.nasa,gov for the above information] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ARISS News > > > > + A Successful contact was made between Brihaspati Vidyasadan, > > Kathmandu, Nepal and Astronaut Timothy Peake KG5BVI using Callsign > > NA1SS. The contact began 2016-01-20 08:37 UTC and lasted about nine > > and a half minutes. Contact was telebridge via VK5ZAI. ARISS Mentor > > was 7M3TJZ. This event represents the 984th ARISS contact. A YouTube > > video of the evnt can be seen here > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25gCS1JTPxA > > > > Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-27 > > > > Christ The King School, Rutland, Vermont, telebridge via VK4KHZ) > > The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled > > astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN > > Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-02-04 18:28:16 UTC > > > > "Gesmundo Moro Fiore" Secondary School, Terlizzi, Italy, telebridge > > via LU1CGB. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The > > scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI. > > Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-02-06 09:09:01 UTC > > > > [ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above > > information] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Satellite Shorts From All Over > > > > + Congrats to Steve Kristoff, AI9IN, for having worked 5 hams in the > > EM55 grid. > > To earn 5 in EM55 award #59, please check out > > http://www.starcommgroup.org for the awards offered. > > > > [ANS thanks Damon Runion, WA4HFN, for the above information] > > > > + The Colorado Amateur Satellite Net is held 7PM mountain time on > > Thursdays 6PM Pacific. 7PM Mountain, 8PM Central, 9PM Eastern > > > > For more information visit http://www.amsatnet.info/ > > > > [ANS thanks Skyler KD0WHB for the above information] > > > > + The Jan/Feb issue of The AMSAT Journal is off to the printer. > > > > [ANS thanks Joseph KB6IGK for the above information] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > /EX > > > > In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the > > President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining > > donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- > > tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT > > Office. > > > > Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership > > at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students > > enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- > > dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. > > Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership > > information. > > > > 73, > > This week's ANS Editor, > > EMike McCardel, AA8EM (former KC8YLD) > > kc8yld at amsat dot org > > _______________________________________________ > > Via the ANS mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA > > http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans > > -- Gerry Creager NSSL/CIMMS 405.325.6371 ++++++++++++++++++++++ “Big whorls have little whorls, That feed on their velocity; And little whorls have lesser whorls, And so on to viscosity.” Lewis Fry Richardson (1881-1953)